We are using maximum pressure on North Korea in various ways." Last month, CIA Director Mike Pompeo said North Korea could be only "a handful of months" away from being able to make a nuclear attack on the United States. But it has also stressed the need to ramp up sanctions to force North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons. Last year, North Korea conducted dozens of missile launches and its sixth and largest nuclear test, in defiance of U.N. sanctions. Feinstein said she had participated in a classified briefing recently on North Korea and described it as "difficult and harsh."

Source: Otago Daily Times February 13, 2018 20:15 UTC